Since Halloween is coming soon, and pirates are so popular now, I thought I would put together a list of my favorite pirate Halloween costumes. And if you are going to be a pirate, you had better make sure that you have a sword and a hat and a bunch of other pirate accessories to […]
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The United States General Services Administration (aka GSA), has launched their own blog in order to further citizen access to official government information and services. Now available at GovGab.gov, this new blog features daily posts from a GSA team of five managers. Each of these people will supposedly draw on his or her professional experience
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The Americas Majority Foundation has released the results of a study that involved 145 precincts and 175,000 votes. Americas Majority Foundation analyzed actual vote shifts in Hispanic portions of six congressional districts in the 2004 and 2006 elections. The study found that in Latino areas where candidates advocated a variant of “enforcement only”, support for
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Do you love to gamble online? What about online betting? Do you spend too much time in an online casino? Well, here’s your chance to “feel good” about your addiction and compete with others to raise money for your favorite charity. NewsFutures, a prediction market pioneer, just launched a new site called Bet2Give that lets
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House Republican Whip Roy Blunt from Missouri issued a statement after President George Bush announced his nomination of retired Federal Judge Michael B. Mukasey to serve as attorney general of the United States: “The nomination of Mike Mukasey to serve as our next attorney general comes at an important time for this nation, as Congress
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Freedom’s Watch has released a new TV ad that condemns the recent tactics being used by MoveOn.org. Freedom’s Watch television ad takes issue with MoveOn.org’s accusation of betrayal against General David Petraeus in a New York Times print ad that was published this week. General Petraeus was testifying before Congress on the success of the
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The House Republican Whip Roy Blunt said today that Petraeus and Crocker delivered an “Even-Handed Assessment’ that was informed by facts, and not politics when they talked today about the status of the War in Iraq. House Republican Whip Roy Blunt issued the following statement today as General David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan
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Commenting on the resignation of U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, the American Federation of Government Employees — which represents more than 20,000 employees at the Department of Justice — today said the resignation was the first step in restoring the credibility to the agency. AFGE National President John Gage offered the following statement: “Gonzales’ resignation
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Chrissy Popadics and Ian Johnson, the couple I talked about a while back, will get married on Saturday, July 28th. On New Year’s night, January 1, 2007, Ian Johnson rushed for 101 yards on 23 attempts to lead Boise State to a dramatic 43-42 victory against Oklahoma in Overtime. Right after the game, Ian proposed
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A federal jury in Mississippi found James Ford Seale, a former member of the Ku Klux Klan, guilty for his role in the kidnapping, abductions and eventual slayings of two African-American men in 1964. Seale and other Klansmen conspired to abduct, interrogate, beat and eventually murder Henry Hezekiah Dee and Charlie Eddie Moore, both 19
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